GS1 · 10 marks · 150 words

What is gender fluid identity, and what are the LGBTQ community’s ongoing challenges to full societal inclusion and equal treatment?

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2023–2024

Salient FeaturesSocial EmpowermentDiversity of India

Syllabus: Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India

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The toppers’ answers

Ashi SharmaAIR 12 · CSE 2024 · 161 wordsTheir whole copy

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Gender fluid identity separates the concepts of sex (biological factor) and gender (social factor) and argues that one can prescribe to diverse gender identities beyond the binary of male & female.

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Challenges of LGBTQIA+

  1. Economic ① unable to get formal employment → transgenders forced into sexwork + begging ② face discrimination & sexual harassment at the workplace ③ pay discrimination

  2. Social ① lack legal right to marry ② face abusive slurs of society ③ deal with derogatory name calling ④ difficulties in openly professing their identity in public for fear of backlash and violence ⑤ targetted by moral policing ⑥ victims of hate crimes

  3. Legal ① lack explicit safeguards. ② no fundamental right to marry or right against discrimination based on gender identity.

  4. Political ① lack representation at local, regional levels.

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Need of the hour is sensitisation and awareness to decrease the hate against LGBTQIA+ people. The Navtej Johar case was a step in the right direction.

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